[BlueOnyx:12873] Re: Renaming user accounts

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

On 4/17/2013 8:27 AM, Eric Peabody wrote:
> Chris,
>
> You are right that pam_abl will help prevent the attacker from
> successfully guessing the password.  But the problem is that pam_abl
> locks the accounts when the attacks are running, preventing the
> legitimate users from accessing their accounts. Changing the user name
> associated with the email address has significantly reduced the
> unauthorized activity's interference with legitimate operations.

In the BlueOnyx GUI, make sure that in Server Management > Security > 
Login Manager you are only using the HOST RULE and not the USER RULE. 
That way, only offending IP addresses will be blocked, not a username.

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Chris Gebhardt
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